TripAdvisor Reviews Celestine Citadel Hotel Manila

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... patiently waiting for my headphones to begin "The Theory of Everything"

Our flight was slightly delayed, but we are now taking off as I write now. It's scary to see the Manila lights below us, and I feel slightly emotional, but not as much as our flight from Panay to Manila. I feel like I am not saying goodbye anymore, as the light of the light of the trip was Panay, CapizNED and my street kids. I have said those goodbyes, and now I am jus numb in the ...

... odd wave. It was dark and Matt said he'd never been anywhere like is before but for me, compared to Mumbai, this was like Shangri-La! The city is full. It's full of cars, full of people, full of thick air dirty with pollution. It's overpowering with fumes and burning petrol, so as we walked under the flyovers to get to the main high street in Makati (the business district) I covered my face with a scarf. People walking towards us all did the same. The city itself, at least ...

Finally at our hotel, it’s now well after 8pm, we can’t wait for our bags to arrive up at our room and head out for dinner at the nearest Japanese eatery….right next door. It’s very average but fills a hole and they serve Asahi !!

Back at the hotel our bags still haven’t turned up so J-she rings down and they’re not sure where they are. I suggest to J-she that they’ve ...

... Delton was a young father with one child which was having a birthday coming up and he was expecting another child. Unfortunately, he was very sad to be having another child simply because he was afraid he could not afford it. He was worried he would not be able to save enough money to celebrate his child's birthday, but was optimistic he would pull something together to make it happen. He was one of many who was affected by hurricane Yolanda and told us how many of his friends ...